About Russell Thornton
Born 1959. Russell Thornton is a Canadian writer and poet.
Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet.
His book House Built of Rain (2003) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the 2004 ReLit Award.
His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (2013) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, the 2014 Raymond Souster Award and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.
His collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.
He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Awards
Publications 2000 The Fifth Window 2002 A Tunisian Notebook 2003 House Built of Rain 2006 The Human Shore 2013 Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain 2014 The Hundred Lives 2018 The Broken Face 2021 Answer to Blue 2023 The White Light of Tomorrow 2026 Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025
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Canadian poet
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Russell Thornton was born in 1959 in North Vancouver.
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Russell Thornton is a writer and poet.
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